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BBC - The FBI has arrested five people in connection with what it says are several hacking-for-hire websites.

BBC - The operators of two exchanges for the virtual currency Bitcoin have been arrested in the US.

Guardian - US and UK spy agencies piggyback on commercial data. Details can include age, location and sexual orientation. Documents also reveal targeted tools against individual phones

Hacker News - There is very disappointing news for all current and past users, US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has a complete copy of Tormail server and they are using it to catch the Criminals & Hackers.

Security Week - The United States agreed to give technology firms the ability to publish broad details of how their customer data has been targeted by US spy agencies, officials said Monday.

Wired - While investigating a hosting company known for sheltering child porn last year the FBI incidentally seized the entire e-mail database of a popular anonymous webmail service called TorMail.

Net Security - The US Department of Justice has announced the arrest of and the unsealing of criminal charges in Manhattan federal court against Robert Faiella (also known as “BTCKing”), an underground Bitcoin exchanger, and Charlie Shrem, the Chief Executive Officer and Compliance Officer of a Bitcoin exchange company, for engaging in a scheme to sell over $1 million in Bitcoins to users of “Silk Road.”

Arstechnica - CA Supreme Court won't give second chance to writer who falsified 40+ stories.

Aj Jazeera - Google's latest operating system for Android, called the KitKat, has faced criticism from transgender users who say it fails to protect their privacy. A key feature of the software is Google+ integration with contacts, SMS messages and texts. Attention was drawn to the potential problems this update poses for trans users when a trans woman named Erika Sorensen was inadvertently outed to her coworker. The software update makes the Google Hangouts instant messaging chat platform the default...

Straits Times - Amit Vikram Tiwari, an engineering dropout-turned-hacking whiz, has been nabbed by India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) following tip-offs from the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), local media reported on Saturday. The 31-year-old, whose clients ranged from aggressive companies to jealous lovers on the hunt for trade secrets and signs of infidelity, had allegedly compromised more than 1,000 accounts from around the world, including those in connection with the United...